The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $250,000 in Brookwood-Sago grant funding to three organizations in three states to support education and training initiatives that will help identify and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation\u2019s mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Administered by the Department of Labor\u2019s Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program helps recipients create comprehensive training materials, promote and conduct mine safety training or educational programs, and evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recipients of the 2025 Brookwood-Sago grants are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Established under the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, the grant program honors 25 miners who perished in mine disasters at the Jim Walter Resources #5 mine in Brookwood, Ala., on September 23, 2001, and at the Sago Mine in Buckhannon, W.Va., on January 2, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n